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Grammar: Decidable and Undecidable Problems
Grammar <math>w \in L(G)</math> <math>L(G) = \phi</math> <math>L(G) = \Sigma^*</math> <math>L(G_1) \subseteq L(G_2)</math> <math>L(G_1) = L(G_2)</math> <math>L(G_1) \cap L(G_2) = \phi</math> <math>L(G)</math> is finite
Regular Grammar D D D D D D D
Det. Context Free D D D UD ? UD D
Context Free D D UD UD UD UD D
Context Sensitive D UD UD UD UD UD UD
Recursive D UD UD UD UD UD UD
Recursively Enumerable UD UD UD UD UD UD UD

Checking if <math>L(CFG)</math> is finite is decidable because we just need to see if <math>L(CFG)</math> contains any string with length between <math>n</math> and <math>2n-1</math>, where <math>n</math> is the pumping lemma constant. If so, <math>L(CFG)</math> is infinite otherwise its finite.

Other Undecidable Problems[edit]

For arbitrary CFGs <math>G</math>, <math>G_1</math> and <math>G_2</math> and an arbitrary regular expression <math>R</math>[edit]

The following problems are undecidable:

  1. Whether <math>(L(G_1))^\complement</math> is a CFL?
  2. Whether <math>L(G_1) \cap L(G2)</math> is a CFL? (undecidable for DCFG also)
  3. Whether <math>L(G_1) \cap L(G2)</math> is empty? (undecidable for DCFG also)
  4. Whether <math>L(G) = L(R)</math>?
  5. Whether <math>L(R) \subseteq L(G)</math>?
  6. Whether <math>G</math> is ambiguous?
  7. Whether <math>L(G)</math> is a DCFL?
  8. Whether <math>L(G)</math> is a regular language?

But whether <math>L(G) \subseteq L(R)</math> is decidable. (We can test if <math>L(G) \cap compl(L(R))</math> is <math>\phi</math>)

For arbitrary DCFGs <math>G</math>, <math>G_1</math> and <math>G_2</math> and an arbitrary regular expression <math>R</math>[edit]

The following problems are decidable:

  1. Whether <math>(L(G_1))^\complement</math> is a DCFL? (trivial)
  2. Whether <math>L(G) = L(R)</math>?
  3. Whether <math>L(G) \subseteq (R)</math>?
  4. Whether <math>L(R) \subseteq L(G)</math>?
  5. Whether <math>L(G)</math> is a CFL? (trivial)





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